ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,810, issued on May 20, was assigned to IG Specials B.V. (Gameren, Netherlands).
"Apparatus and method for planting plant cuttings" was invented by Wim Van Der El (Ameide, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a pick-and-plant head for planting plant cuttings in a cultivation medium. The pick-and-plant head is provided with a grasper comprising opposed grasping surfaces for grasping a portion of a cutting between them and with an abutment that abuts a cutting. The grasper and abutment are moveable relative to one another and are arranged so that during release of a cutting from the grasper the abutment passes be...